CrimsonEdge
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Beamup said:
Does anyone know the percentage chance to find a resource? I've never had the luxory of finding one, especially in a time of need.
Lumbermill vs Mine
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Does anyone know the percentage chance to find a resource? I've never had the luxory of finding one, especially in a time of need.
DarkFyre99
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you also have to be actively working the mine in order to discover a new resource.
Discovering new resources is a nice bonus, but I don't consider that bonus stronger than the health bonus forests bring.
As a general rule, if I can't build lumbermills, and I'll be working that hill anyways, I cut down the forest and build a mine. Otherwise, I leave the forest in place.
OTOH, the slower game speeds enhances the value of chopping a forest. Unit costs are proportionally smaller on slower game speeds, so you technically get more hammers by cutting it down, AND you're more likely to pop a resource with all those extra turns.
I've only played Marathon once, but I often play Epic games. In one game, my unit production city popped copper, iron, gems, gold, and coal during the course of a game... but they originally had jungles, so it wasn't like I had much of a choice.
Discovering new resources is a nice bonus, but I don't consider that bonus stronger than the health bonus forests bring.
As a general rule, if I can't build lumbermills, and I'll be working that hill anyways, I cut down the forest and build a mine. Otherwise, I leave the forest in place.
OTOH, the slower game speeds enhances the value of chopping a forest. Unit costs are proportionally smaller on slower game speeds, so you technically get more hammers by cutting it down, AND you're more likely to pop a resource with all those extra turns.
I've only played Marathon once, but I often play Epic games. In one game, my unit production city popped copper, iron, gems, gold, and coal during the course of a game... but they originally had jungles, so it wasn't like I had much of a choice.
Usually, a tundra forest gets a lumbermill - I avoid chopping them unless they're on rivers (for farms) simply because plain tundra sucks so much.
Plains hills get a mine, grassland hills get a mine if I can support it, otherwise they get a windmill - I'd much rather build cottages on the surrounding flat tiles for commerce than farms to run a mine most of the time.
Plains hills get a mine, grassland hills get a mine if I can support it, otherwise they get a windmill - I'd much rather build cottages on the surrounding flat tiles for commerce than farms to run a mine most of the time.
everyone said so, and i say the same : mine those hills!
The only reason why i leave some of those forests on those hills is the lack of workers, and that's not a good reason!
About ressource popping, I have popped silver after a few turns in a mine, and I didn't notice at the moment,then I post the save in the "fix another trash" game thread (SG subforum), and see hey, I'm the only one who has silver, what are the others doing...
It happens really often if you mine a lot.
Of course, if you only work the cottages, you won't see any ressource popping
The only reason why i leave some of those forests on those hills is the lack of workers, and that's not a good reason!
About ressource popping, I have popped silver after a few turns in a mine, and I didn't notice at the moment,then I post the save in the "fix another trash" game thread (SG subforum), and see hey, I'm the only one who has silver, what are the others doing...
It happens really often if you mine a lot.
Of course, if you only work the cottages, you won't see any ressource popping
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